Uruguay is toughest opponent in World Cup group: Cuper

sbo333 Egypt national team manager Hector Cuper revealed on Tuesday that the Uruguayan national team is the toughest opponent in Egypt’s group for the World Cup in Russia.

“We analyzed our opponents in the group. Uruguay is the strongest team in the group, and theresbo333are no big differences between us, Saudi Arabia and Russia,” Cuper told the “Every Day” program. The World Cup draw put Egypt in Group A alongside Saudi Arabia, Uruguay and the host nation, Russia.

Cuper added, “We will go to the World Cup with high expectations. We will play against better teams, but we will do everything to reach as far as we can in thesbo333competition.” Cuper led Egypt’s national team to the World Cup to end 28 years of absence, as Egypt last played in the World Cup in 1990 in Italy.

Cuper, 62, will experience managing a team at the World Cup for the first time in his history, as he worked his whole career with clubs and had only one spell with a national team, when he managed Georgia in 2009.